Letter: What would we do if peace broke out?

Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 09:20 AM.

Whatever would we do if peace broke out all over the world?

Unlikely of course as there always seem to be some factions somewhere in the world fighting someone! Most groups have their own religious beliefs and fight in the name of that religion. Yet we hear how important religion is. Really! So important that you fight your fellow man to justify that your religion is the right one to be dying over.

That makes no sense to a logical mind. Most say that God or whatever being they pray to is about love! I hardly think God or any other entity would think killing hundreds of innocents around the world is the right thing to do in his name!

Some people in some countries have only known war and that is so sad. Imagine bombs raining down on you day after day with no end in sight. We in the U.S. are fortunate not to have to deal with the anxiety those people feel with all the chaos going on around them in those war torn countries. We sit here in safety with our freedoms intact and yet some politicians would prefer troops be deployed here, there and everywhere! It’s so easy to say that because it may not be their child, spouse or another family member being sent off to war.

We are war weary. When will enough be enough of bloating the military industrial complex? Don’t you find it amazing how money can always be found and spent without question when it comes to anything related to the military?

We can’t raise the minimum wage. Have to cut food stamps. No unemployment insurance. They cut other programs that help the middle class and working poor and the list goes on. Yet anything war related and, presto, a money tree appears from nowhere and it just keeps giving and giving and giving. Of course our military is the best in the world and we are thankful for them.

Unlikely of course as there always seem to be some factions somewhere in the world fighting someone! Most groups have their own religious beliefs and fight in the name of that religion. Yet we hear how important religion is. Really! So important that you fight your fellow man to justify that your religion is the right one to be dying over.

That makes no sense to a logical mind. Most say that God or whatever being they pray to is about love! I hardly think God or any other entity would think killing hundreds of innocents around the world is the right thing to do in his name!

Some people in some countries have only known war and that is so sad. Imagine bombs raining down on you day after day with no end in sight. We in the U.S. are fortunate not to have to deal with the anxiety those people feel with all the chaos going on around them in those war torn countries. We sit here in safety with our freedoms intact and yet some politicians would prefer troops be deployed here, there and everywhere! It’s so easy to say that because it may not be their child, spouse or another family member being sent off to war.

We are war weary. When will enough be enough of bloating the military industrial complex? Don’t you find it amazing how money can always be found and spent without question when it comes to anything related to the military?

We can’t raise the minimum wage. Have to cut food stamps. No unemployment insurance. They cut other programs that help the middle class and working poor and the list goes on. Yet anything war related and, presto, a money tree appears from nowhere and it just keeps giving and giving and giving.
Of course our military is the best in the world and we are thankful for them.

When will we the people come first and foremost? We don’t want to be in perpetual wars. We were in Iraq for eight years and supposedly we trained them! It looks more like they were trained by Mickey Mouse. They took off their uniforms and left their weapons behind! What a waste and now we are back helping again by dropping more bombs!

It’s their country and their military must take charge. Will we be there until the end of time?

As for the do nothing GOP Congress they have worked so hard at doing absolutely nothing they have to have a five week vacation. How nice it must be to do nothing and get paid handsomely for doing so! Wouldn’t you like a job like that? Let’s see how long it takes for them to find money for what seems like a never ending war in Iraq.